Surah Al-'Ankabut (العنكبوت) • The Spider

Quran 29:40

29:40

فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ ۖ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا ۚ وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَـٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

fakullan akhadhnā bidhanbihi famin'hum man arsalnā ʿalayhi ḥāṣiban wamin'hum man akhadhathu l-ṣayḥatu wamin'hum man khasafnā bihi l-arḍa wamin'hum man aghraqnā wamā kāna l-lahu liyaẓlimahum walākin kānū anfusahum yaẓlimūna

So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were those whom We drowned. And Allāh would not have wronged them, but it was they who were wronging themselves.

— Saheeh International

and We punished each one of them for their sins: some We struck with a violent storm; some were overcome by a sudden blast; some We made the earth swallow; and some We drowned. It was not God who wronged them; they wronged themselves.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So We punished each (of them) for his sins; of them were some on whom We sent Hâsib (a violent wind with shower of stones) [as on the people of Lût (Lot)], and of them were some who were overtaken by As-Saihah [torment - awful cry. (as Thamûd or Shu‘aib’s people)], and of them were some whom We caused the earth to swallow [as Qârûn (Korah)], and of them were some whom We drowned [as the people of Nûh (Noah), or Fir‘aun (Pharaoh) and his people]. It was not Allâh Who wronged them, but they wronged themselves.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَكُلًّاfakullanSo each
أَخَذْنَاakhadhnāWe seized
بِذَنۢبِهِۦۖbidhanbihifor his sin
فَمِنْهُمfamin'humThen of them
مَّنْman(was he) who
أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnāWe sent
عَلَيْهِʿalayhion him
حَاصِبًۭاḥāṣibana violent storm
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
مَّنْman(was he) who
أَخَذَتْهُakhadhathuseized him
ٱلصَّيْحَةُl-ṣayḥatuthe awful cry
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
مَّنْman(was he) who
خَسَفْنَاkhasafnāWe caused to swallow
بِهِbihihim
ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
وَمِنْهُمwamin'humand of them
مَّنْman(was he) who
أَغْرَقْنَاۚaghraqnāWe drowned
وَمَاwamāAnd not
كَانَkānawas
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
لِيَظْلِمَهُمْliyaẓlimahumto wrong them
وَلَـٰكِنwalākinbut
كَانُوٓا۟kānūthey were
أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahumthemselves
يَظْلِمُونَyaẓlimūnadoing wrong